Improvement in driving-reins



P. NERNEY.

DRIVING-REINS.

Patented Apr125, 1876.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER NERNEY, OF ATTLEBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN DRIVING-REINS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 176,440, dated April25, 1876; application filed February 21, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER NERNEY, of Attleborough, of the county ofBristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Driving-Reims; and do hereby declare the same to be fullydescribed in the following specification and represented in theaccompanying drawings, of Which- Y Figure l is a top view, Fig. 2 anedge elevation, and Fig. 3 a longitudinal section, of a driving-reinWith my improvement. Fig. 4 is a top view of its slide.

The object o1" my invention is to enable a person te loop a driving-reinitself, and properly adjustthe loop, instead ot' having to such rein aseparate adjustable holding loop or loops of the ordinary and well-knownkind.

Horses that pull strongly on the bit generally require what are termedholding-loops tothe drivingreins, such being separate entirely i'rom thereins, and either sewed thereto or iixed to them by buckles. Theseholdingloops are seized,n by the hands ofthe driver.

In carrying out my invention I make use ot a slide, A, consisting ot' anarched rectangular frame, a, having a bar, b, extending across it at itsmiddle. Next I run the rein B through such slide, over its cross-bar b,and under its two end bars, c c, after which I loop the rein, as shownat c, and carry it back and pass it around the cross-bar b, or so andback toward the loop e, in manner as shown.

The slide may be adjusted on the rein and the loop made longer orshorter, as occasion may require, thus saving all necessity of an extraloop or loops fastened to the rein, as described.

Such loops, when connected by a buckle, are liable to become loose andlost from the reins.

On pulling upon the loop cthe arched parts ot' the rein within the slidebecome driven closely or tightly together, so as not to slip in orthrough the slide.

I do not claim an elastic rein-pull adapted to be grasped by the hand,and composed of a tube or loop of rubber, provided at one end With abuckle, and at the other with a loop, and applied to a driving-rein byhaving the latter extended through the buckle and loop, all as shown inthe United States Patent No. 71,412.

In carrying out my invention I do not use such a rein-pull, but simplyemploy an arched slide, A, as described, and carry the rein twicethrough it, or in the form of a loop, as represented, and thence fold itback upon the loop, whereby I obtain, by means of ythe rein itself, arein-pull to be seized by the hand of a driver. Therefore,

I claim- In combination with the open arched slide A, provided With thecover-bar b, the rein A, looped or doubled on itself, and passed inopposite directions through the said slide, and around its bar b, all'asshown.

PETER NERNEY. Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, J. R. SNOW.

